Match Clay Fire
PPG Clay Fire is a mid-tone shade with an LRV of 42. The matches below are ranked by ΔE, a perceptual color-difference score.
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Closest matches across every brand
One match per brand, ranked by ΔE — a perceptual color difference score calculated from Lab color space values. Lower is closer. Click any card to compare side by side in simulated rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 42 vs 41), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.9 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Clay Fire reads slightly lighter (LRV 42 vs 39), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.5 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 43 vs 42), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Sunbaked Terracotta reads slightly lighter (LRV 53 vs 42), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
California Coral reads slightly lighter (LRV 48 vs 42), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 6.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 6-point LRV gap (48 vs 42) makes Toasted Beige the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 11.3 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Clay Fire reads slightly lighter (LRV 42 vs 33), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 11.3 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Masquerade reads slightly lighter (LRV 50 vs 42), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 12.2 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.